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Oct 12, 2026 1 min

Webcam and coffee- Soft spoken bedtime learning

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The world's first webcam wasn't built for fame — it was built for coffee. In 1991, researchers at Cambridge University pointed a grainy camera at the coffee pot in the Trojan Room, just so nobody had to walk down the hall for an empty pot. They never patented it. But when the camera reached the early web in 1993, the whole world started checking in on it — and when it was finally switched off in 2001, the shutdown made front-page news. Thank you for listening to The Midnight Encyclopedia. Your home for soft-spoken sleep learning, relaxing bedtime stories, and educational ASMR. Explore fascinating facts, science, history, and everyday mysteries through slow, calming stories designed to help you relax, unwind, and drift off to sleep. Follow The Midnight Encyclopedia wherever you get your podcasts for more relaxing stories to fall asleep to. #SleepPodcast #SoftSpokenASMR #SleepStories #SleepLearning#webcamstory #bedtimestory #sleepstory #asmrsoftspoken

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